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Jan Dennis Literary Services (formerly Jan P. Dennis Lit. Agency)

I was curious if any of you ever queried literary agent Jan Dennis of Dennis Literary? He represents Ted Dekker and specializes in Christian Speculative fiction. He started out in publishing, but has been agenting for quite some time. I've managed to find a couple of interviews with him, but that's pretty much it so far. I'd like to query him on my urban fantasy (which has religious themes), but I'd like to learn some more about him first. Have any of you ever worked with Jan? What do you know?

Since this is a question about a specific agent, rather than a general question, I've moved it to Bewares & Background Check.

A quick Google turns up almost no information other than a few online listings. Also--Christian speculative fiction is a very different market from speculative fiction in general, so if your manuscript doesn't have a specifically Christian orientation, this might not be a good match.

Thanks, Victoria, for moving this to the right thread. Sheesh, you'd think I'd have the hang of this by now.

I just thought since one of his biggest clients is Ted Dekker, he was legit. His present (and probably some past) clients include: Ted Dekker, Robert Liparulo, Eric Wilson, T. L. Hines (though I've fairly certain Tony is now with Alive Communications), Donita Paul, and James Beauseigner. His interview is here.

He requested the full about an hour after I queried him. That was about two weeks ago, so we'll see what happens.

City of Shadows: The only thing worse than a defect who is allowed to live is a defect who dares to love.Strange and Beautiful: Magic never comes cheap.Seven: In Dead Horse, Colorado, his story repeats itself.

Leigh - probably send him a follow-up email at the two month mark - so on Jan. 20, I would guess. That's what I plan on doing.

City of Shadows: The only thing worse than a defect who is allowed to live is a defect who dares to love.Strange and Beautiful: Magic never comes cheap.Seven: In Dead Horse, Colorado, his story repeats itself.

No problem at all. I'll cross my fingers for both of us. Jan Dennis reps some of my all-time favorite authors - Stephen Lawhead, Ted Dekker the King of Scary-Awesome Suspense. It would be, like, a fairytale-happy-ending to be represented by him.

City of Shadows: The only thing worse than a defect who is allowed to live is a defect who dares to love.Strange and Beautiful: Magic never comes cheap.Seven: In Dead Horse, Colorado, his story repeats itself.

This is his email. He doesn't appear to have a website, but Karen Duvall posted an interview with him at #3. He seems to keep a pretty low profile, at least on the internet.

City of Shadows: The only thing worse than a defect who is allowed to live is a defect who dares to love.Strange and Beautiful: Magic never comes cheap.Seven: In Dead Horse, Colorado, his story repeats itself.

^ He's got an amazon profile where he talks about books and himself a little bit. It's kind of funny, and he mentions his email address.

City of Shadows: The only thing worse than a defect who is allowed to live is a defect who dares to love.Strange and Beautiful: Magic never comes cheap.Seven: In Dead Horse, Colorado, his story repeats itself.

I sent a follow up email, because he's had my full ms for about 6 weeks. *sigh* *bites nails*

City of Shadows: The only thing worse than a defect who is allowed to live is a defect who dares to love.Strange and Beautiful: Magic never comes cheap.Seven: In Dead Horse, Colorado, his story repeats itself.

No. I never did. I'll probably send another fairly soon at the two-month mark, but at this point I'm not hoping for much.

City of Shadows: The only thing worse than a defect who is allowed to live is a defect who dares to love.Strange and Beautiful: Magic never comes cheap.Seven: In Dead Horse, Colorado, his story repeats itself.

It's a little depressing, especially since I love the authors he reps so much.

City of Shadows: The only thing worse than a defect who is allowed to live is a defect who dares to love.Strange and Beautiful: Magic never comes cheap.Seven: In Dead Horse, Colorado, his story repeats itself.